Food Fraud: Substituted Ingredients Are Only the Tip of the Iceberg

Description
This session will explore the current state of food fraud, the laws being enacted to try to control it and the level of fraud currently in operation. The FDA has established new "intentional adulteration" rules based on the Food Safety Modernization Act and, based on international acknowledgement of the problem, other countries are enhancing their own import controls over illegal replacements. But you should understand that intentional adulteration represents the tip of the food fraud iceberg

Objectives of the Presentation
Understand the scope of food fraud
Learn some preventive solutions for your operation
Find resources that are available today
Understand the types of people involved in food fraud
Know your responsibilities
Understand something about detection

Why Should you Attend
Food fraud is rampant throughout the world and the U.S. has no legal definition for such practices and all members of the food supply chain pay the bills.

How do you know what you are buying, selling or eating is what you paid for? How do you know what you paid for is what has not been intentionally falsified or mislabeled?

Horse meat labeled as beef in Europe, unlabeled GMO (genetically modified organisms) products, and literally hundreds of other foods and liquors are intentionally modified for economic reasons. The Grocery Manufacturers Association, GMA estimates that global losses due to food fraud are between $10 and $15 billion dollars annually.

As international food transportation increases, as food processors, distributors and consumers we are purchasing more and more food from foreign countries often with little oversight or control over what is coming into our supermarkets, restaurants and refrigerators.

This session will cover the broad array of fraudulent food practices being applied today, how food fraud impacts the food supply chain and some suggested preventive practices and solutions that absolutely must be put in place if the industry is to get back in control.

Areas Covered
Different types of food fraud
US and other country laws designed to control food fraud
Label omissions
Genetically modified foods
Fish, horsemeat, honey, flavoring, colors, oils, sweeteners, juices, dairy, liquors, oh my!
Detection testing technologies
Adulteration, substitution, tampering and counterfeiting
How to report food fraud to the food fraud database

Who can Benefit
Compliance Officers
Food Retail Management
Food importers whose food will be consumed in the U.S.
Food handlers
Logistics professionals
Food safety and quality professionals
Food safety lead and audit team members
Quality management
Food security personnel
Recall specialists
Company sales and marketing personnel

For Registration
http://onlinecompliancepanel.com/webinar/HARMONIZED-SYSTEM-CODE-501344/MARCH-2016-ES-WORLDCONCAL

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